Explosion kills Five security forces in Southern Afghanistan

At least five security forces have been killed and several others injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province, Press TV reports.
Officials say the victims included one public protection forces officer and four Afghan soldiers.
At least two other security forces were injured in the attack in Kajaki district late Saturday, which reportedly targeted a patrol vehicle.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the deadly explosion.
At least three Taliban militants were also killed in the same region in clashes with Afghan security forces.
The United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 under the pretext of combating terrorism.
The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but years into the invasion, insecurity continues to rise across the country despite the presence of thousands of foreign troops in the war-weary nation.
The US-led war in Afghanistan, which has caused record-high civilian and military casualties, has become the longest military conflict in the American history.
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